...the Swedish cosplay championship will air! You will be able to watch it via this video link and see a countdown to when it begins. No english subtitles that I know of, but I bet it will be interesting anyway. Some of the judges are from other countries. So I guess some english will be spoken. :)

A group of Swedish scientists with a lot of time on their hands have spent the last 17 years competing to see who can sneak the most Bob Dylan lyrics into their research papers. »9/29/14 4:02am 9/29/14 4:02am

Earlier this week, Storm Ivar left tens of thousands of homes without power in Sweden. It also huffed and puffed against folks walking around downtown Ålesund, Norway, threatening to blow them away. »12/14/13 3:00pm 12/14/13 3:00pm

Seattle-based band King Luan posits there are no gnomes in Sweden in their amazing song "There Are No Gnomes in Sweden," and if you'll listen to it, I think you'll agree that their evidence is quite compelling. Truly, it's the most informative music video since we learned what the fox says. »10/07/13 3:20pm 10/07/13 3:20pm

Looking for an alternative to turbines for capturing wind energy, Belatchew Arkitekter has proposed adding a hairy addition to Stockholm's Söder Torn. It would serve as more than an architectural toupee, capturing energy through the movement of all those tiny straws. »5/18/13 9:30am 5/18/13 9:30am

If you enjoy live-action role-playing, are a Battlestar Galactica fan, or regularly hear "All Along the Watchtower" in your head, you'd best start looking for plane tickets to Sweden immediately. In March of next year, the city of Gothenberg will be host to an absolutely insane LARP called The Monitor Celestra."… »11/29/12 1:20pm 11/29/12 1:20pm

A year is almost exactly 365 days...almost, but not quite. For millennia, people have tried to create calendars that account for that "not quite" bit. It's why we have leap days and why, just once, there was a February 30. »2/29/12 9:01am 2/29/12 9:01am

Want to take a road trip through our solar system? Warm up your Volvo and point yourself toward Stockholm, where a 950-km scale model of the solar system begins. You can tour Sweden while getting a sense of our solar neighborhood's scale. »2/04/12 7:30am 2/04/12 7:30am

Mercury in Stockholm. Image by , licensed under the . The original Venus…

If you're a discerning evil zillionaire looking to get away from it all, the Mirrorcube hotel suite in the Swedish forest is a wise choice. Some well-placed mirrors + a seemingly floating cube = the final word in "No Solicitors." »5/29/11 11:15am 5/29/11 11:15am

Looking to get way off the beaten path on your next vacation? Check out Europe's UFO memorials in Ängelholm, Sweden and Emilcin, Poland. They're only a 15-hour drive away from each other! »8/29/10 11:30am 8/29/10 11:30am

Even if you can't read the language, these old Swedish RPG cards are pretty darn neat. The collection ranges from 1982's Drakar och demoner to modern RPGs. The below cards have a lot of karisma. [Via Piruett. Thanks Magnus!]»8/16/10 6:40am 8/16/10 6:40am

A specimen of the 11-foot-long giant oarfish - the world's longest bony fish - was found yesterday in Bovallstrand, Sweden. The fish, also known as the "king of herrings," hasn't been seen in Sweden in the last 130 years. »5/12/10 10:49am 5/12/10 10:49am

A Swedish industrial worker was attacked by a malfunctioning robot two years ago in Sweden, and has this week won a lawsuit against the company that owned the vicious bot. Apparently, the man tried to fix the robot, which was designed to lift rocks. But he failed to turn the robot off first, and it grabbed him by the… »4/27/09 3:11pm 4/27/09 3:11pm